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, BUTTON. No. 319,997. Patented June 16, 1885.

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Nrrnii. TATES GEORGE D. PAUL, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF.

TO CYRUS E. VREELAND, OF SAME .PLAGE.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,997, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed J une 2S, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. PAUL, of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in buttons, the object being to provide a device which shall be adapted to be applied to a cuffbutton, and thereby prevent the latter from coming through the button-hole andbecoming lost; and with this end in View my invention consists in certain features of construction, as will be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my improved button. Fig. 2 is a view thereof as applied to a cuff-button. Fig. 6 is aview in section of the button and shoe, and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are modifications.

A represents a ring made of hard rubber or other suitable material, but preferably of metal, the diameter of the ring being larger than the back of a cuff-button, or about the same as the cuff-button proper. The ring A is broken at a point in its circumference, as shown at a, the ends a of which are bent inwardly and extend beyond the center of the ring, leaving a space between them. At the centers of the ring the ends are slightly curved outwardly,forming a circular opening, c,slightly smaller in diameter than the shank of the cuff-button. After the cuff-button has been inserted in the button-holes of the cuff the ring is forced down on the shank of the button on the inner side of the cuff and next to the back of the cuif-button, the shank passing in between the two inwardly-bent ends a, and forcing them apart until it reaches the central opening, a, when the ends will spring together and tightly clasp the shank. This button or ring, being larger than the button-holes in the cuff is prevented from passing said holes, and obviates all danger of the cuff-button becoming detached from the cuff. The ends a tightly clasp the shank of the button and prevent it (No model.)

from coming off between them, the back of the cuff-button preventing it coming off the rear end of the shank.

By the employment of my improved fastener I am enabled to dispense with the enlarged end or plate usually secured on the inner end of the shank, and employ in its stead a small collar or shoulder which will offer no resistance to the passage of the shank through the button-hole, but willbe sufficient to hold the fastener in place, and consequently prevent the button from becoming detached.

Instead of shaping the button as shown in Fig. 1, various forms might be used-as, for instance, such as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, in Fig. 4 the ends a bent inwardly, forming a central recess, 0, and then again bent around parallel with the outer ring, A.

In Fig. 3 the inner ends, a, are connected and form a loop, and in Fig. 5, instead of having an outer ring, I form the button in the shape of a heptagon, the outer edges of the inner ends being formed parallel with the sides of the perimeter of the button.

My device is exceedingly simple in construction, is durable and efficient in use, and can be manufactured at a small initial cost.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A button constructed with a rigid post or shank having an enlarged fiat end and provided with a separable shoe, consisting of a spring-metal ring formed with a flaring opening, a, through which the post or -shank is passed, and with a yielding central portion curved outwardly, forming a seat, 0, in which the post or shank rests, the said shoe adapted to be secured to the shank between its outer end and the fabric through which the shank is inserted, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this 0 specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE D. PAUL.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH M. DAVIES, RoBT. JOHN GAsTLE. 

